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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
roundabout
1. a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement • Syn: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig • Hypernyms: ride 2. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island - the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary • Syn: traffic circle, circle, rotary • Hypernyms: junction • Part Holonyms: road, route
1. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct (Freq. 1) - the explanation was circuitous and puzzling - a roundabout paragraph - hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend • Syn: circuitous • Similar to: indirect 2. deviating from a straight course (Freq. 1) - a scenic but devious route - a long and circuitous journey by train and boat - a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic • Syn: devious, circuitous • Similar to: indirect • Derivationally related forms: deviousness (for: devious)
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